Brussels vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$707
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$1809
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$269
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$933
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	96	93
😀 Quality of life	89	67
🏙️ Population	189K	9.37M

The cost of living in Brussels is 164% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 2147th and 6756th ($1869 vs $707) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 82nd in Belgium and China, respectively. Check Belgium vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.3 months in Hefei. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Hefei ranked 28th in China, while ranked 148th and 3921st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Hefei

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	Brussels	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$20.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$250
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$554
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$388
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$29.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$45.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$16.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	4.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$3876
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$2072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$42
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$4.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$41.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$4.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$8280

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1682
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1524
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1659
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1652
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1593
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1619
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1644
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1669
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1599
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1743
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1648
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1825
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1640
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1567
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1645
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1613
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1544
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1630
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1619
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1553
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1575
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1581
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1678
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1618
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1563
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1568
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1533
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1484
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1517
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1539
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1536
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1536
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1511
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1596
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1631
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1570
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1650

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$696
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$655
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$702
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$687
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$746
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$728
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$898
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$532
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$624
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$700
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$740
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$671
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$708
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$789
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$645
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$660
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$626
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$631
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$720
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$694
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$625
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$643
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$652
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$707
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$604
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$617
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$625
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$621
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$707
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$641
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$699
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$713
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$713
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$532
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$696